5. Practicing

5 Practicing After school, I ran home from my bus stop. It was Mother's day off from work. She was in the backyard playing with my baby brother named Ollie. Ollie is ten months old. He cannot skip or play tag or color. So far, I am not that satisfied with him. I ran out the back door. "Mother! Mother! I'm going to be a helper! I'm going to be a helper!" I shouted real

5练习放学后，我从公共汽车站跑回家。 那天是母亲节，不用上班。 她在后院和我的小弟弟奥利玩。 奥利十个月大了。他不会跳绳，也不会玩捉人游戏或填色游戏。 到目前为止，我对他不太满意。 我从后门跑了出去。“妈妈!妈妈!我要成为一个帮手！我要成为一个帮手！”我喊着真的

cheery. I quick handed her my permission slip. "Read this paper! Hurry! It's from Mrs. Gutzman!" I said. "You remember Mrs. Gutzman, right? Mrs. Gutzman used to be my cookie lady last year. But this year she's branched out, apparently. 'Cause now she's the boss of the whole kitchen operation, I think." Mother read the permission slip.

活泼的。我赶紧把我的同意书递给她。 “读这张报纸！”快点!是古兹曼太太寄来的！”我说。 “你还记得古兹曼太太吧？” 古兹曼太太去年是我的饼干师傅。 但今年她显然走得更远了。 我想，因为现在她是整个厨房的老板。” 母亲读了同意书。

I bounced up and down very excited. "See, Mother? See? Mrs. Gutzman wants me to be her helper in the cafeteria tomorrow. And so all you have to do is sign that paper. And I will be all set." I started back to the house. "I'll go get you a pen!"

我兴奋得上蹿下跳。 “看,妈妈?看到了吗?古兹曼太太想让我明天在食堂帮她。 所以你要做的就是在那张纸上签名。 这样我就万事大吉了。”我开始往回走。 “我去给你拿支笔！”

Mother hollered, "Hold on" to me. "This really does sound like fun, Junie B.," she said. "But let's talk it over at dinner, okay? At dinner you can tell Daddy and me all about it." I did a big breath at her. "But I don't want to talk it over at dinner, Mother," I said. "I want you to sign that paper right exactly now. Please, please? Just sign it, okay?" Mother smiled. "Patience, Junie B.," she said. "Dinner is just a few hours away. I'd like Daddy to be in on this, too." I rolled my eyes way up to the sky 'Cause Daddy always has to be in on everything. Finally, I went back in the house. And I walked around the kitchen very bored. "There's not even anything to do in this stupid dumb house," I grouched.

母亲对我喊道：“抓紧”。 “这听起来真的很有趣，朱妮·B，”她说。 “我们吃饭的时候再谈，好吗？” 吃晚饭的时候，你可以把一切都告诉爸爸和我。” 我对她深深地吸了一口气。 “但是我不想在吃饭的时候讨论这件事，妈妈，”我说。 “我要你现在就在那份文件上签字。 请吗?签个字，好吗？”妈妈笑了。 “耐心点，朱妮·B，”她说。 “离晚餐只有几个小时了。 我希望爸爸也能参与进来。” 我对着天空翻白眼，因为爸爸总是要参与所有的事情。 最后，我回到房子里。 我在厨房里走来走去，非常无聊。 “在这个愚蠢的房子里甚至没有什么可做的。”我抱怨道。

Then, all of a sudden, I spotted my backpack sitting on the floor. That's when I remembered my plastic mitts! I'd put them in my backpack to carry them home from school! I hurried to get them out of there. Then I quick put them on. And I ran to the refrigerator. "Now I can practice touching food!" I said real thrilled. I opened up the door and started touching stuff. First, I touched some fruit, and an avocado, and a squishy tomato. Then I put my hand in the butter. And also some creamy cottage cheese. "Whoa. These mitts make touching food enjoyable," I said.

然后，突然，我发现我的背包落在地板上。 这时我想起了我的塑料手套！我会把它们放在背包里从学校背回家！我赶紧把他们弄出来。 然后我迅速地把它们穿上。我跑到冰箱前。 “现在我可以练习摸食物了！”我说非常激动。 我打开门，开始摸东西。 首先，我摸了一些水果、一个鳄梨和一个黏糊糊的西红柿。 然后我把手放进黄油里。 还有一些奶油松软干酪。 “哇。这些手套让触摸食物变得很愉快，”我说。

After I was done, I put the mitts in my pocket. And I went to watch TV. Only I couldn't even pay attention that good. 'Cause I kept on thinking about being a helper, of course. My excitement got bigger and bigger. Then hurray, hurray! Daddy finally came home from work! And it was time for dinner! As soon as I sat down, I told Daddy all about Mrs. Gutzman. Then surprise! I put on my mitts. And I waved my hands all around in the air. "Look, Mother! Look, Daddy! See what Mrs. Gutzman gave me? These are real

做完之后，我把手套放进口袋里。 我去看电视了。只是我的注意力都没那么集中。 当然，因为我一直想做个帮手。 我的兴奋越来越大。 那么万岁，万岁！爸爸终于下班回家了！该吃晚饭了！我一坐下，就把古兹曼太太的事告诉了爸爸。 然后惊喜!我戴上手套。 我在空中挥舞着我的手。 “看,妈妈!看,爸爸!看到古兹曼太太给我的了吗？ 这些都是真的